Results: What A Powerful Difference One Word Makes

Canadian singer Jully Black is drawing attention for a subtle change she made to the lyrics of O Canada at Sunday's NBA All-Star game. The Juno Award-winning R&B singer performed the national anthem before the game in Salt Lake City, Utah, and altered one line to recognize the Indigenous peoples who lived on the land before European settlers. Black swapped out the anthem's usual opening line "O Canada, our home and native land," with "O Canada, our home ON native land," adding a slight emphasis to the word "on" when she sang. Did you hear about this?

On Monday Black posted on Twitter, "this is less about me and more about being a part of the change in any way I can." Do you think she made a powerful statement in changing the lyrics, even if only with that one word?

"This one word would significantly give honour, support and recognition to the Indigenous community who have often been overlooked and unrecognized." Black went on to say. The Canadian anthem has been revised before to reflect the times we live in, such as replacing the words "in all thy sons command" to ""in all of us command" to make it gender-neutral. Do you think her change to the national anthem should be the official revision?

Canadians who react negatively to the notion of updating Canada's lyrics should take a moment to reflect, Black said. "I think it's important for them to now go into their private space and ask themselves why," she continued. "Why is it so hard to acknowledge the fact when it's not going to take away from your existing privilege?" Do you agree with her statement?